19. V. 01.

Dear little mother! I have just received your letter with Mark's letter enclosed and have sent both at once to Anyuta, who has already left for Berlin. She wanted to do some work in the libraries there. I hope this will be much more convenient for her in Berlin than here, since the libraries in Prague** are not particularly well-stocked.

It is very unfortunate that you were unable to arrange your lodgings conveniently and that the dacha turned out to be a poor one. And the summer, it seems, is not promising to be good for dacha residents—at least if one judges by the beginning and by the weather here: gloomy, rainy. This is good for us, since we are staying in the city for the summer, but bad for you. Perhaps Mitya will still manage to find something better? I also hope very much that Mark and Manyasha will soon be able to be with you.* Judging from Mark's letter, he has already adapted somewhat to the new conditions and has managed to organize his time so as neither to be bored nor to harm his health. I am writing to him and to Manyasha and I ask you to forward these letters to them.

I embrace you warmly, my dear, and wish you from my whole heart vigor and good health, and especially that you be reunited with Manyasha and Mark as soon as possible.

Your V. U.

Regards to Mitya. He must be quite occupied, I suppose?

* People's University. Ed.

** Prague is named for purposes of concealment; the reference is to Munich. Ed.

in the journal

Sent from Munich to Podolsk

First published in 1929

"Proletarskaya Revolutsiya" No. 11

Printed from the manuscript